Too early to ban Umrah travel over Omicron: Khairy

: The Health Ministry is of the view that it was still too early to impose a travel ban for the Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca following an increase in Omicron variant cases, its minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

Khairy said the ministry also encouraged those returning from Umrah to keep taking Covid-19 self-tests while undergoing quarantine, as there are some cases who only test positive on the fifth day of quarantine despite testing negative upon arrival. “These precautionary measures must be taken as the infectivity rate of the Omicron variant is high,” he said, adding that these measures also apply to those who plan to travel to other countries as well.

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